Device for securing rails to ties.



J. KWIATKOWSKI.

DEVIGE FOR SBUURING RAILS T0 TIES. i APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, 19H.

LGS 1,939, Patented July 9,192.

Illlll f entr t erre rar-ii j JACOB KWIATKOWSKI, OF WINNIPEG, MANITOB,`CAI\T ADA, SSIGNOROIE ONE-HALF TO JOHN THOMAS, ONE-FOURTH '.JOl JOSEPH HINK, .AND ONE-FOURTH TO LAV- RENCE HINK, ALL F WINNIPEG, CANADA.

DEVICE FOR SECURING RAILS TO .LIES.

' Spveccation of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 23, 1911.

of the city of lVinnipeg, in the Irovince.

of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Securing Rails to Ties, ot which the following is the specication.

My invention relates to a device Vfor curing trackrailstoties, and the object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive, durable and eiipicient `device ot this class which can be quickly applied and will hold the rail tightly in position, the article plied with a hooked end, a dog pivotallybeingparticula'rly adapted tor use where cement, metallic, or such like ties are used.

I/Vith the above objectin view the invention consists essentially 1n a base plate supsecured to the base plate and opposing the hooked end thereof, releasable inea'ns t'or holding the dog in a set position, and means for fastening the plate to the tie or sleeper carrying the saine, the parts being arranged and constructed as hereinafter more particularly described. f

Figure l represents a plan vview of the device as applied to a section of track. Fig. 2 represents a vertical sectional view centrally through the device, the section be ing taken in the plane denoted by the line X X, Fig. l. Fig. I3 shows a inoditied form otl the device. Fig. 4l is a vertical ser` tional view. centrally through the parts shown in Fig. 3, the section being taken in the plane denoted by the line Y Y.

In the drawing like characters ot reference indicate corresponding` parts in each ligure.

l represents the usual rement or suoli like Sleepers or ties of a rack, and 2 the track rails.

is my fastening device tor securing the rails to the ties, there being a pair ot' these .used on each tie to secure the rails,I in position.

The fastening device comprises a bod),f or base plate 4 havingl one end hooked at 5 to receive the base 2 ot the rail and pro-.

vided with side flanges (l which receive bolts 7 passing through the body of the sleeper and holding the plate permanently on the sleeper. A portion ot' the upper face of the base plate is hollowe'd out or cnt a wa v to t'orin a substantially rectangular cavity 8 which f Patented mayo, wie.

Serial No. 661,890.

adinitsa catch piece or .dog 9 pivotally .mounted on a cross pin l0 having the ends thereof embedded in the side walls of the cavity. The dog is located directly opposite the hooked "end of the base plate so that when it is swung over toward the end 5 it will catch the adjoining side of the'base of the rail. IIhe dog is supplied with a flat-tened back tace which engages with the ,flattened enlarged end 11 of a retaining member 1l having the body portion thereof countersunk in the tace of the plate and the enlarged end passing into the cavity 8 to the rear et the dog. A removable bolt 12 holds'the retaining member to the base plate.

According to the above construction it will be seen'that the rails can be quickly fastened to the ties,`it being only necessary to bolt the base plate to the tie and remove the retaining member so as to allow the dog to swing back and admit the base of the rail beneath the hooked end Upon this being accomplished the dog is swung over against the base of the rail and is held in this position by the retaining piece which is afterward put in place aird fastened by the bolt I2.

In 3 and 4 of the Idiiwing I have shown a modified means for holding the base plate to the sleeper. The tianges 6 are dispensed with and the base plate is provvided with a wedge-shaped projecting piece 1+i which dove-tails into a cross slot l5 supplied in the sleeper.

W'hatv I claim as niy invention is:

l. 'lhe combination with a tie and a track rail, ot a lmsc plaie having a hooked end engagcable with one side ot the rail base and provided with downwardly directed flanges, bolts securing the plate to the tie, a dog pivotally secured within a substantially rectangular cavity lorined in the top tace of the plate, said dog being designed to engage with the opposite side ol the rail base, a retaining nieniber connt'ersiiiik witliin the upper tace oi'i` the plate and ijnovided with an enlarged head received within the cavity at the back ot the dog, said head being ilattened and engaging with the dog, holding the saine in a set position against the rail base, and a removable bolt securing the retaining ineinber to the base plate, as and for the purpose speci tied.

provided with downwardly directed flanges,

adapted to engage the sides of the tie, bolts securing the flanges to the tie, a dog pivotally secured Within a substantially rectangular eavity'formed in the top face of the plate, said dogbeing designed to engage with the opposite side of the rail base, a retaining member secured to the upper face of the plate and provided With an enlarged head received Within the cavity at the back of and engaging the dog, holding the same in a set positionl against the rail base, andl re- 15 movable means for securing the retaining, member to the base plate, as and for the purpose specified.

Signed at Winnipeg, `this 24th day of October 1911.

JACOB KVIATKOWSKI. In the presence of- Gr. S. ROXBURGH, EMORY E. NELSON. 

